The Moose Cree First Nation Resource Protection – OPG partnership environment team is pleased to announce that we will be inviting 2 to 4 youth to go on a trip to the North French River and Lower Mattagami Complex during October 2019. Our environment team and the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCSC) are working together on a Lake Sturgeon Project. This project tracks and monitors sturgeon using traditional knowledge and western science to better understand the impacts of hydroelectric dams on our rivers, creeks, and fish.
Site 1: Lower Mattagami Complex – a set of four dams are located 70 Kilometre northeast of Kapuskasing and about 150 kilometres upstream of Moose Factory.
Site 2: North French River – located approximately 70 kilometres north of the town Cochrane and flows into the Moose River, approximately 30 kilometres upstream from Moose Factory.
Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, also called WCSC, is a non-governmental conservation organization that conducts research and outreach to protect wildlife and nature in Canada.
Moose Cree First Nation youth from ages 15 – 25 are eligible. If you want to get involved and go on this trip, please contact us for additional information:
Jonathan Rickard
705 658 2847 ext 254 or 705 272 3549 ext 33
Or
Jennifer Simard
Moose Cree First Nation Kapuskasing satellite office
705 335 2261
For more information about the Lake Sturgeon Project, please see www.learningfromlakesturgeon.ca